James Madison vs. North Carolina

James Madison and North Carolina have 4 meetings on file, the first in 2007; North Carolina leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s North Carolina 3–⁠1.

Scheduled 2031 at North Carolina. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

James Madison wins
1
North Carolina wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2007
Longest streak
3 North Carolina
Current streak
1 James Madison
Last 10 meetings
North Carolina 3–⁠1
Most recent
2024

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s0–⁠1
2010s0–⁠2
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
25.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At North Carolina
3–⁠1 North Carolina’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of James Madison and North Carolina, 2007 on1300150017002010201520202025

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jacolby Criswell North Carolina28 of 48, 475 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT2024 Passing
Mitchell Trubisky North Carolina24 of 27, 432 yards, 3 TD2016 Passing
Alonza Barnett James Madison22 of 34, 388 yards, 5 TD2024 Passing

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game

Sep 21, 2024James Madison 70, North Carolina 50at North Carolina
Sep 17, 2016North Carolina 56, James Madison 28at North Carolina
Sep 3, 2011North Carolina 42, James Madison 10at North Carolina
Sep 1, 2007North Carolina 37, James Madison 14at North Carolina

Every game is listed as played on the field.